Key: C major, Time: 6/8, Tempo: 93
Intro:
: C7 Ab7 : (x 2)
Cm F Cm7 F7/A Cm7 F7/A
E7 /F# /G /Ab Am /B /C /A
F7 /C
D7 /A G F/A F#/Bb
G/B
Verse 1: {With piano only, tempo rubato} (0:54-)
C7 Ab7
The wine's all drunk and so am I
C7 Ab7
Here with the hoi-poloi, don't ask me why
Cm F Cm7 F7 Cm/F F7
We're cele-brat-in' an-ticipatin' end of the year
E7 /F# /Ab Am
Everybody come, everybody here
F7
Well more or less,
D7 /E /F# G F/A F#/Bb
Some al-read-y in a mess
G/B
I guess they're waiting for the big one.
[Verse 2] {Enters the band, play the intro} (1:44-)
Wonder why I'm cold. How did I get this far?
Had no money, had no car
I pray the snow goes, be bad if it settles
'Cos I follow my nose and the dried up rose petals
Like the man says,
Sure hope Moses knows his roses
Or we'll all be waiting for the big one.
Interlude 1: (2:31-)
| C | (x 4 bars)
F G Ab Bb C
Dm Eb F G Ab Bb
[Verse 3] (3:03-)
Once I was the credit to my credit card
spent what I hadn't got, wasn't hard
No trust in judgement no trust in money
Someday I'll find myself like a bee finding honey, oh
But in the meantime, ah
I'm gonna have me some fun
Waiting for the big one.
[Verse 4] (3:50-)
One too many, where ego I go too
Looking for the real thing
It don't come from what I do
No real communication moves out of my face
I'm beginning to think, yeah, I'm just out of place, a-ha
Won't get in too deep,
I want to get some sleep
To be ready for the big one,
To be ready for the big one
Interlude 2: (4:43-)
| C | (x 4 bars)
F G Ab Bb
C
Dm Eb F G Ab Bb
(Intro) (5:20-) {Bluesy guitar solo}
Coda: (6:07-)
| C | (x 4 bars)
{Enter female vocals, tempo rubato}
F G Ab Bb
Ah, ah, uh, waiting for the
C
big one________
Dm Eb F G Ab
Ah, ah, ah, ah, uh,
Bb C
wainting for the big one___
{Drum solo}
| | | | |
Dm Eb F G
Ah, ah, ah, ah,
Ab Bb C
Uh, uh, uh,______